John Masterton (-1678)

of Easter Grange

John Masterton appears in the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland as a member of a commission to
try suspected witches.

Genealogy

John Masterton was probably the eldest son of Adam Masterton of Easter Grange (c1580-1666). He married Christina Murray. John is a member
of one of the oldest (if not the oldest) of the branches of Mastertons.
Fuller details of the extended family of John Masterton
are given in the following link.

Third Series Volume II, 1665-69

8 September 1666.

"Charles etc. Forsameikle as Elspeth Guild, Margret Cowie, Agnes Brown, Cristian May, Margret Horne, Grissell Anderson and Margret Dobie
are apprehendit and imprisoned in the tolbuith of Torriburn as suspect guilty of the cryme of witchcraft, and to the effect the trueth
of the said matter may be made manifest, wee, with advyce of the Lords of our Privy Councill, give and grant full power and commission to
Sir George Preston of Valeyfeild, Sir James Lumsden, younger of Innergelly; Jon Mastertoun of Eistgrange; Jon Sanders of Gogers, William
Broune of Kegey, David Mitchell, elder, chalmerlan to the Earle of Kincardin, or any thrie of them, the said Sir George Prestoun
being alwayes one of the number, to meitt at such tymes and places as they shall think most expedient, to affix and hold courts,
creat clerks, etc., to call ane assyse, etc., and in the saids courts to call the fornamit persons and putt them to the tryall and
knowledge of ane assyse, and, if they shall be found guilty upon voluntar confessions of renuncing their baptisme or entering into paction
with the divell or that otherwayes malifices be legally and judicially proven against them, that then and in that case and in otherwayes
they cause the sentence of death to be pronunced and execute upon them. Subscribitur, Hamilton, Linlithgow, Tunidale, Bellinden, Jon
Gilmour, Jo. Nisbet, Culchart, Ch. Maitland, Ro. Moray.

The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
Third Series, Volume II
P Hume Brown (ed)
1665-69
p. 192
HM General Register House
Edinburgh, 1909